Anyway of brining a thread back?

[Rick Sample]

It got deleted with over 500 repleys and an admin deleted it!

Any help would be great!

[Johnny]

what?

[Rick Sample]

Originally Posted by Johnny

what?

a thread in our forum got deleted and I need to bring it back somehow

[Erwin]

Was it physically deleted? If so, it's gone.

[Rick Sample]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Was it physically deleted? If so, it's gone.

Yes it was, their isn't anyway of taking my old backup and somehow getting that thread back without restoring?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Rick Sample

Yes it was, their isn't anyway of taking my old backup and somehow getting that thread back without restoring?

It's possible - you would need to restore both post and thread tables as post2 and thread2 and do a query for the threadid, and then copy the relevant entries to the current post and thread tables. I reckon forget about subscription and attachments etc. Another way would be to restore the old post and thread tables, and then merge the newer entries to the new post and thread tables onto the top of the old tables.

Either way, you should backup your current database, and shut down your forums while you do this.

[Erwin]

Btw, this is precisely the reason why I have removed the option to delete any post or thread on my forums.

[Rick Sample]

Originally Posted by Erwin

It's possible - you would need to restore both post and thread tables as post2 and thread2 and do a query for the threadid, and then copy the relevant entries to the current post and thread tables. I reckon forget about subscription and attachments etc. Another way would be to restore the old post and thread tables, and then merge the newer entries to the new post and thread tables onto the top of the old tables.

Either way, you should backup your current database, and shut down your forums while you do this.

hmm... a bit confusing, would it take long to explain in detail??? That all sounds like scientific stuff to me

[Rick Sample]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Btw, this is precisely the reason why I have removed the option to delete any post or thread on my forums.

Yep, just did that a few seconds ago!!

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Rick Sample

hmm... a bit confusing, would it take long to explain in detail??? That all sounds like scientific stuff to me

If you don't know what I said, then it's best you don't try it. A thread is not worth the effort.